2016 Argentine Primera División
The 2016 Argentine Primera División - Copa Axion Energy was the 126th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The season began on February 5 and ended on May 29. Thirty teams competed in the league, twenty eight returning from the 2015 and two promoted from the 2015 Primera B Nacional (Atlético Tucumán and Patronato). Two teams (Nueva Chicago and Crucero del Norte) were relegated to the Primera B Nacional Championship in the previous tournament.
Season | 2016 |
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Champions | Lanús (2nd title) |
Relegated | Argentinos Juniors |
2017 Copa Libertadores | Lanús San Lorenzo Estudiantes (LP) Godoy Cruz Atlético Tucumán River Plate (via 2015–16 Copa Argentina) |
2017 Copa Sudamericana | Independiente Arsenal Defensa y Justicia Huracán Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Racing |
Matches played | 242 |
Goals scored | 606 (2.5 per match) |
Top goalscorer | José Sand (15 goals) |
Biggest home win | Newell's Old Boys 5–0 Racing (Feb. 17, 2016) Tigre 5–0 Atlético Tucumán (Mar. 7, 2016) |
Biggest away win | Argentinos Juniors 1–5 Defensa y Justicia (Mar. 4, 2016) Unión 0–4 Lanús (Apr. 4, 2016) |
Highest scoring | Unión 3–6 Racing (Mar. 6, 2016) Atlético de Rafaela 3–6 Racing (Mar. 21, 2016) |
← 2015 2016–17 → |
Lanús won their second title after defeating San Lorenzo 4–0 in the final.[1]
Competition format
The tournament for the 2016 season was composed of two zones of 15 teams. Each team played the other 14 teams in its zone in a round-robin tournament and also played two interzonal matches against its rival team in the other zone, once home and once away. In the end, the winner of each played a final match on a neutral ground to determine the champion.
Club information
Stadia and locations
Personnel
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | |
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Pre-season changes | ||||||
Godoy Cruz | Replaced | November 7, 2015 | December 1, 2015[2] | |||
Atlético de Rafaela | End of contract | November 8, 2015[3] | December 7, 2015[4] | |||
San Lorenzo | End of contract | November 8, 2015[5] | December 20, 2015[6] | |||
Vélez Sarsfield | Mutual agreement | November 8, 2015[7] | November 13, 2015[8] | |||
Temperley | End of contract | November 15, 2015[9] | December 16, 2015[10] | |||
San Martín (SJ) | Resigned | November 23, 2015[11] | December 12, 2015[12] | |||
Argentinos Juniors | End of contract | November 24, 2015[13] | December 19, 2015[14] | |||
Tigre | Mutual agreement | November 25, 2015[15] | December 21, 2015[16] | |||
Arsenal | Mutual agreement | November 26, 2015[17] | November 28, 2015[18] | |||
Estudiantes (LP) | Mutual agreement | December 5, 2015[19] | December 7, 2015[20] | |||
Lanús | End of contract | December 6, 2015[21] | December 8, 2015[22] | |||
Racing | End of contract | December 6, 2015[23] | December 16, 2015[24] | |||
Patronato | Mutual agreement | December 13, 2015[25] | December 19, 2015[26] | |||
Quilmes | Mutual agreement | December 16, 2015[27] | December 21, 2015[28] | |||
Tournament changes | ||||||
Newell's Old Boys | Resigned | February 14, 2016[29] | February 22, 2016[30] | |||
Olimpo | Resigned | February 22, 2016 | February 22, 2016[31] | |||
Boca Juniors | Sacked | February 29, 2016[32] | March 1, 2016[33] | |||
Argentinos Juniors | Resigned | March 4, 2016[34] | March 6, 2016[35] | |||
Sarmiento | Mutual agreement | March 6, 2016[36] | March 10, 2016[37] | |||
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | Sacked | March 14, 2016[38] | March 20, 2016[39] | |||
Tigre | Sacked | March 17, 2016[40] | March 21, 2016[41] | |||
Banfield | Replaced | March 20, 2016[42] | March 20, 2016[43] | |||
Atlético de Rafaela | Sacked | March 25, 2016[44] | March 26, 2016[45] | |||
Colón | Resigned | April 17, 2016[46] | April 17, 2016 | |||
Temperley | Sacked | May 3, 2016[47] | May 3, 2016 | |||
Independiente | End of contract | May 10, 2016[48] | May 10, 2016 | |||
Interim Managers
- 1.^
Juan Pablo Vojvoda was interim manager in the 3rd and 4th rounds. - 2.^ Interim manager, but later promoted to manager until the end of the tournament.
- 3.^
Andrés Yllana was interim manager in the 8th round. - 4.^
Fabián Castro was interim manager in the 8th round. - 5.^ Interim manager in the 12th–16th rounds.
- 6.^ Interim manager in the 14th–16th rounds.
- 7.^ Interim manager in the 15th and 16th rounds.
League table
Zone 1
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | San Lorenzo | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 34 | Final match; 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage |
2 | Godoy Cruz | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | +13 | 33 | 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage |
3 | Independiente | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 27 | 2017 Copa Sudamericana first stage |
4 | Arsenal | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 27 | |
5 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 25 | |
6 | Vélez Sarsfield | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 24 | |
7 | Rosario Central | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 20 | |
8 | Patronato | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 23 | −4 | 20 | |
9 | River Plate | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 18 | 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage |
10 | Sarmiento | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 17 | |
11 | Colón | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 17 | |
12 | Belgrano | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 16 | |
13 | Banfield | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 15 | |
14 | Quilmes | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 32 | −11 | 15 | |
15 | Olimpo | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 13 |
Zone 2
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Lanús | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 10 | +18 | 38 | Final match; 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage |
2 | Estudiantes (LP) | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 32 | 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage |
3 | Atlético Tucumán | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 30 | 2017 Copa Libertadores second stage |
4 | Defensa y Justicia | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 25 | 2017 Copa Sudamericana first stage |
5 | Huracán | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 25 | |
6 | Racing | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 24 | |
7 | San Martín (SJ) | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 23 | |
8 | Unión | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 22 | |
9 | Tigre | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 20 | |
10 | Boca Juniors | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 20 | |
11 | Aldosivi | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 17 | |
12 | Newell's Old Boys | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 16 | |
13 | Temperley | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 16 | |
14 | Argentinos Juniors | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 29 | −18 | 12 | |
15 | Atlético de Rafaela | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 32 | −18 | 9 |
Final
San Lorenzo
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Lanús
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Assistant referees:
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Match rules
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2016 Primera División Champion |
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Lanús 2nd title |
Results
Copa Libertadores playoff
The second-place team in each zone qualified to the 2017 Copa Libertadores and played a match at a neutral stadium to determine at which stage each team entered. The winner of this playoff qualified directly to the second stage (earning the Argentina 3 berth), and the loser entered the first stage of the tournament (earning the Argentina 4 berth).[49]
Several months after the playoff, CONMEBOL expanded the 2017 Copa Libertadores from 38 to 47 teams with Argentina gaining one additional berth. So, Godoy Cruz also qualified directly to the second stage and AFA had to choose between the third places in each zone, Atlético Tucumán and Independiente, to determine the team qualified as Argentine 6 berth. Finally, AFA gave the extra berth to Atlético Tucumán by sporting criteria.[50]
Season statistics
Top Goalscorers
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Top AssistsSource: AFA |
Relegation
Relegation at the end of the season is based on coefficients, which take into consideration the points obtained by the clubs during the present season and the two previous seasons (only seasons at the top-flight are counted). The total tally is then divided by the total number of games played in the top flight on those three season and an average is calculated. The team with the worst average at the end of the season is relegated to Primera B Nacional.[51]
Pos |
Team | 2013–14 Pts |
2014 Pts |
2015 Pts |
2016 Pts |
Total Pts |
Total Pld |
Avg |
Relegation |
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1 | Atlético Tucumán | — | — | — | 30 | 30 | 16 | 1.875 | |
2 | San Lorenzo | 60 | 26 | 61 | 34 | 181 | 103 | 1.757 | |
3 | Independiente | — | 33 | 54 | 27 | 114 | 65 | 1.754 | |
4 | Boca Juniors | 61 | 31 | 64 | 20 | 176 | 103 | 1.709 | |
5 | Lanús | 59 | 35 | 42 | 38 | 174 | 103 | 1.689 | |
6 | Estudiantes (LP) | 59 | 31 | 51 | 32 | 173 | 103 | 1.68 | |
7 | River Plate | 58 | 39 | 49 | 18 | 164 | 103 | 1.592 | |
8 | Racing | 33 | 41 | 57 | 24 | 155 | 103 | 1.505 | |
9 | Rosario Central | 54 | 21 | 59 | 20 | 154 | 103 | 1.495 | |
10 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 57 | 24 | 44 | 25 | 150 | 103 | 1.456 | |
11 | Godoy Cruz | 56 | 21 | 32 | 33 | 142 | 103 | 1.379 | |
12 | Unión | — | — | 41 | 22 | 63 | 46 | 1.37 | |
13 | Tigre | 49 | 26 | 46 | 20 | 141 | 103 | 1.369 | |
14 | Belgrano | 49 | 25 | 51 | 16 | 141 | 103 | 1.369 | |
15 | Vélez Sarsfield | 61 | 25 | 29 | 24 | 139 | 103 | 1.35 | |
16 | Newell's Old Boys | 56 | 25 | 40 | 16 | 137 | 103 | 1.33 | |
17 | Banfield | — | 20 | 50 | 15 | 85 | 65 | 1.308 | |
18 | San Martín (SJ) | — | — | 37 | 23 | 60 | 46 | 1.304 | |
19 | Patronato | — | — | — | 20 | 20 | 16 | 1.25 | |
20 | Arsenal | 48 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 128 | 103 | 1.243 | |
21 | Aldosivi | — | — | 40 | 17 | 57 | 46 | 1.239 | |
22 | Huracán | — | — | 30 | 25 | 55 | 46 | 1.196 | |
23 | Defensa y Justicia | — | 20 | 32 | 25 | 77 | 65 | 1.185 | |
24 | Olimpo | 50 | 19 | 36 | 13 | 118 | 103 | 1.146 | |
25 | Quilmes | 45 | 12 | 45 | 15 | 117 | 103 | 1.136 | |
26 | Colón | — | — | 34 | 17 | 51 | 46 | 1.109 | |
27 | Atlético de Rafaela | 49 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 106 | 103 | 1.029 | |
28 | Sarmiento | — | — | 30 | 17 | 47 | 46 | 1.022 | |
29 | Temperley | — | — | 30 | 16 | 46 | 46 | 1 | |
30 | Argentinos Juniors (R) | — | — | 33 | 12 | 45 | 46 | 0.978 | Relegation to Primera B Nacional |
Source: AFA
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